Mets' David Wright says 'there's way too many inconsistencies right now' with team

Bob Levey/GettyDavid Wright smacked his first triple of the season on Wednesday.

HOUSTON – David Wright bears no title announcing him as the captain of the Mets, but his place within the clubhouse hierarchy is obvious. He is the longest-tenured Met by several years now. He sets the tone for the rest of the roster.

And, of course, he is the club’s best player. In a dismal 8-1 defeat to Houston on Wednesday, Wright provided the only moments of brightness for his club. He walked, stole a base and scored the team’s only run. Later, he tripled. In all, his on-base plus slugging percentage jumped to 1.077. If Matt Kemp weren’t laying waste to the entire National League, Wright would be in the conversation for early-season MVP.

But, of course, he is only one man. So it was interesting to hear his frustration, though as always muted and respectful toward his teammates, after the Astros completed their sweep.

On the series in general: “They played really well. They out-played us in pretty much every part of the game. They played extremely well. We played extremely poorly. It just goes to show you the difference a few days can make. In Colorado, for the most part, we were getting good pitching, some timely hits, running the bases well. It seemed like we brought a lot of energy. Maybe that took some of that out of coming here.

“But they gave it to us pretty good. We didn’t have much to come back with. Obviously, it hurts when you’re playing from behind early, like we have the past few days. And then, we just couldn’t seem to mount much offensively. And way too many mental errors.”

How much do you miss (starter MIke) Pelfrey now, that’s he’s gone? “(Chris) Schwinden’s going to be fine. He had a couple rough starts. Obviously, in Colorado, they were swinging the bats really well. Here, he’s a little under the weather. Kind of got that thing that’s been going out there. He went out there and left a couple breaking balls up to Johnson. But he’s going to be just fine.

“But there’s no question we’re going to miss Pelf. And I think he’s a big-time innings eater. It seemed like things were clicking for him before he got hurt. It’s never fun, offensively, to try to go and hit 95-mph sinkers, and that’s what Pelf was throwing before he got hurt. So hopefully, Pelf will just be stronger when he comes back. Hopefully, that’s obviously with us.”

On how the Rockies series affected the team: “It’s not an excuse, because there’s a lot of teams that have to play in Colorado. But I think that series took a lot out of us. And then coming here, we just weren’t – I wouldn’t say we weren’t prepared, because we were prepared. But we just didn’t match the energy and the execution that we had in Colorado.

“We knew that we were going to have some ups and downs, especially with some of the young guys that we have on this roster and playing right now. But this is what we need to fix, if we want to become the team that we think are capable of becoming. There’s way too many inconsistencies right now. It seems like we play great for a series, then poorly for a series. And we’re going to have to straighten that out.”